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Wow....I wonder what happens when you delete a Desktop folder from the Desktop. I'm thinking that if you see a blue phone box appear outside your window, that it's probably something you may want to rethink!

Cooling Corsair H75 liquid cooler (Very easy to install, actually) Hard Drives (1) WDC WD5000AAKS-00D2B0 ATA Device (2) Seagate FreeAgent Go 250G USB Device Internet Speed 60M cable modem-->Linksys E1200-->1Gbps net card Browser Chrome Other Info This is probably the longest I've ever had a Windows machine run without having to restore it to scratch. I'm used to restoring to "factory" about every 2 yrs. I've run with Win7 since new in 2009 and only recently (Nov, '14) restored to clean up the machine from all my 'xperimenting. LOL!! I may never need another machine.
Upgraded to 10 when it was still free, then installed 2017 update.

Recently a folder called "desktop" keeps appearing on my desktop, If I click it it just links me to the explorer and every time I delete it it simply reappears.

Also the icon for the folder doesnt look like a normal folder, what on earth is going on here?

Desktop.ini is a hidden, protected operating sytsem file, present in some folders, that stores information about folder customization. Since the desktop is a folder (C:\Users\<user name>\Desktop), it can contain this file. It's OK to delete the file. To prevent it from appearing, go to Control Panel > Folder options and turn off viewing of hidden files and/or system files.

it seems this problem isnt just a desktop folder thing. Im seeing these weird folders that all link me to the explorer all over my computer, they are everywhere, even in the movies folder there is just folders of the same name that dont do anything and when i get rid of them they simply reappear. annoyingly 1 of these folders appears in "files ready to be burned" so it keeps telling me ive got files ready to be burned to disk every now and then.

"Desktop" folder appearing on desktop

An empty "Logs" folder keeps being created on my Desktop.Hi,
The problem started about a week ago when suddenly an empty "Logs" folder was created on my Desktop. I didn't think much of it and deleted it but then it happened again repeatedly since then. I can't find out why this is happening and what is causing it, did a Full Scan with KIS 2015 many...

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Black desktop icons and no "IconCache.db" in local folder?EDIT:
Okay, I've solved the problem simply by creating a file named iconcache.db "using notepad" and marked it as "read only" via properties menu.
Hi all, and thanks for this site that I always use to solve my problems..
Every time I boot my computer the icons of programs and folders...

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Windows 7 using "wrong" desktop and folder paths after update.Windows 7 auto update in the middle of the night messed everything up. My desktop is empty, my documents and other folders are also empty.
However, if I navigate through MyComputer, I can still see the files where they should be. Windows is presenting me with a new and empty directory instead....

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30 second delay on having a "New folder" appear on desktopRunnign windows 7 home prem on dell inspiron 14R. I downloaded all drivers from scratch (the Resource CD wouldn't work) after a fresh install of my copy (not dell's) of windows 7 home prem.
For some reason if I make a change to the desktop (add a new folder) it takes about 20 seconds to pop...